Chairlifts, fancy restaurants, weird German dudes

Day 2, little sore. But not enough to slow us down yet. We had a pre-booked island tour with a walking guide named Marco who had SO many stories. We drove up the Mama Mia pass (on the edge of the mountain with really great views and really big drops). The tour was a wealth of local lore, the economics of the island, old weird German guys who were also pedophiles buying up big palaces...you know, the usual. The gardens were fabulous and the perfumery managed by the monks actually had things I liked (I don't usually love perfume).

Tim and I did a side jaunt to several sights.

I am not going to go into huge historical details because I don't want to give it all away, but there's a few fun facts. The handmade sandals were inspired after a visit from Jackie O'nasses, who reportedly had great caprese sandals made during her visit. The shops are EVERYWHERE. But, the best one looks like a hole in the wall and is right across from the flower shop and behind the church. *hint hint *nudge nudge.

We then went on a boat tour around the island, past the blue and green grottos, seeing the statues on Solaro, and the Gennario di Scugnizzo, a little statue dude on a rock waving at the passing tourists. The Faraglioni are impressive and odd rock structures dramatically positions off the shore, but we not only got to boat through them, we kayaked them a few days later (stay tuned). When away from our small group, we went to the Alex Munthe house, another eccentric german doctor type with great taste in flowers. There is a real 'sphinx' on the property and the legend is, if you touch the sphinx, you will definitely return to Capri. But don't sit on it...there's 1000 signs to that effect.

We grabbed caprese street food and fresh lemonade on the way back to the hotel. The guide gave us a fabulous in for a cooking class as well at Columbus restaurant covered in the next piece. The cooking class we booked on Viator mysteriously got cancelled all week so this was a fabulous option.

That evening we made the bus ride up to Anacapri again to dine at L'olivo, a 2 michelin star restaurant with literally the most perfect sunset view and spectacular people watching. It is also a great place to admire my handsomely dressed hubby who definitely looked better than most of the male patrons. The place had a WATER MENU separated into minerality types. That's a thing I guess, sorted by minerality of the water. Anywho, the food was incredible, very inventive and fresh. And did I mention the crazy people watching? Almost as good as Brooklyn in the spring.

Sorrento up next...